The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster: Comprising Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson; First Settlement of New England; Bunker Hill Monument; Reply to HayneW. M. Hayward, 1853 - 112 ページ |
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... cause of liberty , his ability , patriotism , and power with the pen , naturally drew upon him a large participation in the most important concerns . Wherever he was , there was found a soul devoted to the cause , power to defend and ...
... cause of liberty , his ability , patriotism , and power with the pen , naturally drew upon him a large participation in the most important concerns . Wherever he was , there was found a soul devoted to the cause , power to defend and ...
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... causes , it was pro- posed to declare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn was to set forth those causes , and justify the authors of the measure , in any event of fortune , to the country and to posterity . The ...
... causes , it was pro- posed to declare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn was to set forth those causes , and justify the authors of the measure , in any event of fortune , to the country and to posterity . The ...
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... causes . Parliament is not so much as mentitoned in the whole instrument . When odious and oppressive acts are referred to , it is done by charging the king with confederating with others " in pretended acts of legislation " ; the ...
... causes . Parliament is not so much as mentitoned in the whole instrument . When odious and oppressive acts are referred to , it is done by charging the king with confederating with others " in pretended acts of legislation " ; the ...
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... cause , and the virtues of the people , which led him to overlook all obstacles . His character , too , had been formed in troubled times . He had been rocked in the early storms of the controversy , and had acquired a decision and a ...
... cause , and the virtues of the people , which led him to overlook all obstacles . His character , too , had been formed in troubled times . He had been rocked in the early storms of the controversy , and had acquired a decision and a ...
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... cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies . The people , the people , if we are true to them , will carry us , and will carry themselves , gloriously through this struggle . I care not how fickle other people have been ...
... cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies . The people , the people , if we are true to them , will carry us , and will carry themselves , gloriously through this struggle . I care not how fickle other people have been ...
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Adams American ancestors authority Banquo behold blessing BUNKER HILL MONUMENT cause character civil colonies commerce Congress constitution constitutional law dangerous debate Declaration duty early effect England enjoy established existence expressed fathers favorable feeling fellow-citizens fortune ground happiness Hartford Convention heart Heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope human important independence interest interfere internal improvement Jefferson JOHN ADAMS knowledge labor legislature liberty live look maintain Massachusetts measures ment military nature never North-western Territory object occasion opinions oppression original palpable Parliament party passed patriotism peace political possess present President principles public lands purpose question regard religion religious resistance respect revolution right of revolution ROBERT TREAT PAINE Senate sentiments slavery South Carolina speech spirit supposed tariff laws tariff of 1816 thing THOMAS JEFFERSON thought tion true trust unconstitutional Union United venerable votes whole Writs of Assistance
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12 ページ - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
13 ページ - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
18 ページ - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists ; die slaves ; die, it may be, ignominiously, and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while...
18 ページ - ... If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
19 ページ - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.
55 ページ - THIS uncounted multitude before me, and around me, proves the feeling which the occasion has excited. These thousands of human faces, glowing with sympathy and joy, and, from the impulses of a common gratitude, turned reverently to heaven, in this spacious temple of the firmament, proclaim that the day, the place, and the purpose of our assembling have made a deep impression on our hearts.